Wastebasket having a supply of wastebags

ABSTRACT

A wastebasket comprising a container has a suspension frame or plate detachably mounted on the outside of the rear wall of the container and provided with a hinged lid therefor. For mounting a bag of plastic foil in the container a plurality of such bags being provided as a storage roll of a continuous bag web from which bags may be torn off along a transverse perforation, there are provided two members located at each one of the rear corners of the container spaced from a plane which is determined by the suspension frame or plate the suspension frame or plate being adapted to bear against a wall surface or other vertical surface to which such suspension frame or plate is connected, in said plane.

United States Patent [191 Nilsson [451 Sept. 25, 1973 1 WASTEBASKETHAVING A SUPPLY OF WASTEBAGS 22 Filed: Sept. 25, 1970 211 App]. No.:75,651

[52] US. Cl. 220/31 R, 220/35, 220/65, 248/100, 206/58 [51] Int. Cl 865d25/16, B65d 43/16 [58] Field of Search 220/65, 1 T, 63, 220/18, 31 R,35; 248/100, 99; 206/58 [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS816,989 4/1906 Moler et al 220/1 T 3,300,082 1/1967 Patterson 206/583,526,314 9/1970 Trammell, Jr. 220/18 X 3,207,355 9/1965 Saphier 220/183,481,112 12/1969 Bourgeois 220/65 X 924,923 6/1909 Nungesser.....248/100 X 2,916,183 12/1959 Ariens 220/65 3,434,625 3/1969 Embry, Jr.220/65 3,451,582 6/1969 Morgan 220/65 X 3,451,453 6/1969 Heck 220/65 X3,381,850 5/1968 Haugen 220/31 S Primary ExaminerLeonard SummerAttorney-Jones and Lockwood [5 7] ABSTRACT A wastebasket comprising acontainer has a suspension frame or plate detachably mounted on theoutside of the rear wall of the container and provided with a hinged lidtherefor. For mounting a bag of plastic foil in the container aplurality of such bags being provided as a storage roll of a continuousbag web from which bags may be torn off along a transverse perforation,there are provided two members located at each one of the rear cornersof the container spaced from a plane which is determined by thesuspension frame or plate the suspension frame or plate being adapted tobear against a wall surface or other vertical surface to which suchsuspension frame or plate is connected, in said plane.

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SHEET u m 4 WASTEBASKET HAVING A SUPPLY OF WASTEBAGS The presentinvention relates to a wastebasket having a bottom, a front wall, a rearwall and two side walls and having a supply of wastebags provided as astorage roll of a continuous bag web of plastic foil from which bags maybe torn off along a transverse perforation.

In order to provide a wastebasket which fulfils the highest demands ofhygiene and permits a practical storage of bags and a simple mounting ofthe bags in an open position, which furthermore requires little space,

is stable, easy to handle and has an attractive appearance, there isprovided according to the invention a wastebasket of the kind referredto above wherein there is detachably mounted on the outside of the rearwall of the container a suspension frame or plate having a lid for thecontainer hinged thereto, and wherein means for mounting an open bag inthe container cornprises at least two members located at each one of therear corners of the container spaced from a plane determined by thesuspension frame or plate for the contact of the latter against a wallsurface or the like.

For elucidating purposes an embodiment of the wastebasket will bedescribed in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings,in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the wastebasket;

FIG. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the wastebasket;

FIG. 3 is a view, partly in front elevation and'partl'y in verticalsection, .of the wastebasket;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the wastebasket partly with a lid and partlywithout a lid;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a suspension plate for the wastebasket;

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view on line VI- -VI in FIG. 5; and

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view on line VII-VII in FIG. 5.

The wastebasket according to the invention in the embodiment disclosedin the drawings consists of a pileable container 10 of plastic materialwhich is injection molded and has a bottom 1 1, a front wall 12, a rearwall 13 and two sidewalls 14. In order that the con.- tainer may occupyas little space as possible and may be mounted on narrow cabinet doorsthe front comers of the container are markedly oblique at 14'. On thebottom 11 there is provided an embossed ridge '15 of essentially squarecross-sectional shape. This ridge terminates at its ends at a distancefrom the two side walls and extends in parallel to the front walland-the rear wall. It serves to localize a storage roll 16 of acontinuous bag web of plastic foil from whichbags may be torn off alongtransverse perforations in a manner known per se. Lying on the bottom 11of the container adjacent the rear wall .13 of the container (or itsfront wall 12) the storage roll l6'may rotate freely when the bag web isbeing pulled up through the interior of the container for mounting a bagin a position of use in the container.

For mounting the bag in the container the latter is provided with anupwardly projecting flange 17 along the middle portion of the front wall12 and with up-, wardly projecting flanges 18 adjacent the comersbetween the side walls 14 and the rear wall 13, each of the said flangeshaving a projection in the form of an outwardly directed longitudinalmoulding 19 at itsupper free margin. The mouldings 19 on the flanges 18are cut or bevelled at their front end. The margin of the containeropening is furthermore provided with a marginal bead 20 between'theflange 17 on the front wall 12 and the flanges 18 on the side walls 14,a marginal recess 21 extending between the flanges 18, i.e., over therear wall 13 in its entirety and a short distance onto each of theadjacent side walls 14. In the recess 21 there is also provided amarginal moulding 20' in that short portion which extends along the sidewalls 14 but this moulding is provided merely for aesthetical purposesand to a certain extent in order to make the structure more rigid butdoes not function as mounting means. I

The means described for mounting the bag does not restrict the use ofthe container to a certain bag size since it is possible either to mountthe opening portion of the bag over the mouldings 19 alone, the bagspanning the distance between said mouldings without being folded aboutthe rest of the marginal portion of the container, as disclosed in FIG.1, or, if the bag is larger, to mount the opening portion of the bagalso over the marginal bead 20 so as to make the bag follow the marginalshape of the container opening along the side and front walls. When thebag is unfolded inside the container in order to be brought against theinner walls thereof, the container space between thebag and the innerwalls of the container 'may be vented through the recess 21.Consequently it is not necessary to provide a hole in the containerbottom 11 for this purpose.

The rear wall 13 of the container is provided on its rear side with animpression 22 extending over the entire height of the rear wall in acentral portion thereof, a pair of plane strip portions 23 beingarranged one on each side of the impression. In said impression there isprovided a suspension frame or plate 24 which is detachably connectedwith the rear wall and constitutes bearing means for a lid 25. Forsuspending the wastebasket on a wall or a cabinet door and for mountingthe lid a suspension plate of the kind shown in the drawings, thedetails of which are set forth in FIGS. 5 to 7, is preferably used butother suspension frames or plates may be used for suspending thecontainer and mounting the lid thereof.

The suspension plate 24 has a circumferential rearwardly directedmarginal flange 26 which is however interrupted at the upper margin bytwo slots 27 each extending along the greater portion of one of thelateral edges of the plate, said slots being defined each by theadjacent lateral marginal flange and by a flange 28 located inwardlythereof and parallel'thereto. Spanning the space between the flangesdefining each slot are transverse rods 29 of cylindrical cross-section,the plate thereby presenting a pair of ladder-like tracks extending inparallel. At the upper end each of these tracks terminates in a pair ofarms 30 extending initially at right angles forwardly and then at rightangles upwardly, between which there extends a web 31 of rectangularcross-section and at the top end a rod 32 of circular cross-section andhaving the same dimension as the rods 29. By a central depression 33 onthe front side of the plate there is formed a plane surface 34 on therear side of the plate which is flush with the rear edge surfaces of theflanges 26, 28, all of which have the same height, said plane surfaceand the edge surfaces of the flanges forming a contact plane for thesuspension plate. The thickness of the suspension plate is dimensionedto be essentially equal to the depth of the impression 22 such that thesuspension plate when bearing against the bottom of the impression 22has its contact plane flush with the plane portions 23. For mounting thesuspension plate on a vertical surface holes 34 for screws are providedin studs 35 on the rear side of the plate. These holes may be closed onthe front side of theplate by means of webs may ma be easily broken orperforated. On the plane surface 34 there may be applied adhesive ortape 35 with double adhesive surfaces. For permitting the plate to beconnected with an additional suspension plate located below thesuspension plate 24 and forming part of a suspension system which isbased on the use of ladder-like tracks, the suspension plate is providedat the lower edge thereof with two forwardly directed coupling hooks 36.

On the bottom of the impression 22 the rear wall 13 of the wastebasketis provided with an upper hook 37 and a forked head 38 mutually spacedcentre to centre a distance which corresponds to the spacing of the bars29 of the ladder-like tracks or a multiple thereof, in this case amultiple of 2. The container is hooked onto two of the bars 29 in eachof the ladder-shaped tracks, as shown in FIG. 2, using the hook and theforked head while resiliently bending the hook upwards and resilientlymoving directed two prongs of the forked head apart. The wastebasket isthereby easily detached from the suspension plate 24.

The lid 25 is provided with a marginal flange 39 for overlapping thefront wall 12 and the side walls 14 of the container at the openingthereof, and said marginal flange conforms with the shape of thesewalls. On its upper side the lid has a depression 40 of a depthsuccessively increasing from the front margin of the lid to the rearmargin thereof, and such depression is corresponded to by a bulge 41 onthe underside of the lid with a corresponding successively increasingheight from the front margin of the lid to its rear margin thereof. Saidbulge is spaced from the marginal flange of the lid for leaving a groovebetween such flange and the bulge and terminates at the tear in ashoulder 42 spaced from the rear margin of the lid, In the space thusprovided the lid has a pair of forked heads 43 at the same internaldistance as the two ladder-shaped tracks and the bearing means providedat the upper end thereof, and the lid is hinged by said forked headsonto the rods 32 of the bearing means which function as hinge axes forthe lid, as shown in FIG. 2, the two pairs of arms 30 being received inthe space between the shoulder 42 and the rear margin of the lid. Inorder that the lid may close tightly in its closed position against themounted bag, whether this is mounted as shown in FIG. 1 or is mountedaccording to the alternative referred to above, in which case the bagfollows the shape of the marginal portion of the container opening, thebulge 41 has such a configuration that it opnning, with the shape of theopening portion of the bag mounted according to FIG. 1, as is shown insaid figure.

The lid 25 may be adapted to be lifted manually and may for that purposehave a knob or a handle or the like, or else it may be connected with afixedly anchored string in order to be opened together with a door onthe inside of which the container may be mounted and to be closedsimultaneously with the door. A more advantageous embodiment is shown inthe drawings. In this case the lid 25 has a lug 44 behind the forkedheads 43, into which one end of a coiled traction spring 45 is hooked,while the other end of the spring is hooked into a groove 46 in thesuspension plate 24, the spring extending through a channel 47 impressedbetween the depression 33in the plate and the upper edge of the plate,as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7. Said traction spring biases the lid to anopen position. For retaining the lid in a closed position the marginalflange 39 of the lid is provided on the inside thereof at the frontcentral portion with a projection 48 for engagement with the moulding 19on the flange 17, such moulding having a recess 49 in the engagementarea. The front wall 12 of the container is sufficiently elastic toyield when the projection 48 is moved into engagement with the moulding19 on the flange 17 when the lid 25 is closed manually, and in order tobe deformed elastically by a pressure applied to the front wall from theoutside thereof so that the projection 48 may be disengaged from themoulding 19. The inwardly directed pressure may be provided by the elbowor by the knee, preferably at a pressure point marked on the container,in case both hands should be occupied when the wastebasket is to beopened, the lid 25 swinging to an open position under the biasing actionof the spring 45.

When the lid is in an open position the surface of the bulge 41 forms adeflecting surface preventing wastes to be deposited into the bag fromfalling behind the rear portion of the bag at the margin thereof intothe space between the bag and the rear wall of the container. Thegreatest height of the bulge should be adjusted accordingly, i.e., therear end of the bulge should be located in the open position of the lidin front of the rear marginal portion of the mounted bag, extendingalong the rear wall.

What I claim is:

l. A wastebasket comprising a container having a bottom, a front wall, arear wall, said rear wall having a depression in the outside thereofover a central portion of its width, and two side walls, a suspensionmember detachably mounted in said depression in said rear wall of thecontainer, a supply of bags provided as a storage roll of a continuousbag web of plastic foil, from which bags may be torn off along atransverse perforation, and means for mounting an open bag in thecontainer comprising projections on the side walls adjacent the comersbetween them and the rear wall, and an additional projection on thefront wall along the central portion thereof.

2. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 1, wherein said projections areprovided on webs projecting upwardly from the upper margin of thecontainer.

3. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is provided arecess in the upper edge of the container between the projectionsadjacent the comers between the side walls and the rear wall.

4. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 3, wherein said recess extendsalong the rear wall in its entirety and a short distance into each oneof the adjacent side walls.

5. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper edge of thecontainer is provided with a moulding between the projection on thefront wall and each of the projections of the side walls.

6. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are providedprojecting arms for mounting a lid on said suspension member in saidrecess, with a bearing axis for the lid carried by the arms.

7. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 1, including a lid provided with amarginal flange for overlapping the front wall and the side walls.

8. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 7, wherein the lid is provided onits underside with a bulge of a successively increasing height from thefront margin of the lid to its rear margin, said bulge being spaced fromthe marginal flange for providing a groove between the marginal flangeand the bulge, receiving the marginal portion of the mounted bag.

9. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 8, wherein the bulge terminates ina shoulder spaced from the rear margin of the lid in order to provide aspace beneath the lid receiving the bearing means of the lid.

10. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 7, wherein said lid has a bearingaxis and there is mounted between said suspension member and a locationon the lid behind its said bearing axis a traction spring for biasingthe lid to an opening position.

11. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 10, wherein the front wall isslightly resiliently depressable from outside, and wherein the lid andthe front wall have interengaging latching means for retaining the lidin a closed position, which latching means are adapted to be disengagedby depressing the front wall.

1. A wastebasket comprising a container having a bottom, a front wall, arear wall, said rear wall having a depression in the outside thereofover a central portion of its width, and two side walls, a suspensionmember detachably mounted in said depression in said rear wall of thecontainer, a supply of bags provided as a storage roll of a continuousbag web of plastic foil, from which bags may be torn off along atransverse perforation, and means for mounting an open bag in thecontainer comprising projections on the side walls adjacent the cornersbetween them and the rear wall, and an additional projection on thefront wall along the central portion thereof.
 2. A wastebasket asclaimed in claim 1, wherein said projections are provided on websprojecting upwardly from the upper margin of the container.
 3. Awastebasket as claimed in claim 1, wherein there is provided a recess inthe upper edge of the container between the projections adjacent thecorners between the side walls and the rear wall.
 4. A wastebasket asclaimed in claim 3, wherein said recess extends along the rear wall inits entirety and a short distance into each one of the adjacent sidewalls.
 5. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper edge ofthe container is provided with a moulding between the projection on thefront wall and each of the projections of the side walls.
 6. Awastebasket as claimed in claim 1, wherein there are provided projectingarms for mounting a lid on said suspension member in said recess, with abearing axis for the lid carried by the arms.
 7. A wastebasket asclaimed in claim 1, including a lid provided with a marginal flange foroverlapping the front wall and the side walls.
 8. A wastebasket asclaimed in claim 7, wherein the lid is provided on its underside with abulge of a successively increasing height from the front margin of thelid to its rear margin, said bulge being spaced from the marginal flangefor providing a groove between the marginal flange and the bulge,receiving the marginal portion of the mounted bag.
 9. A wastebasket asclaimed in claim 8, wherein the bulge terminates in a shoulder spacedfrom the rear margin of the lid in order to provide a space beneath thelid receiving the bearing means of the lid.
 10. A wastebasket as claimedin claim 7, wherein said lid has a bearing axis and there is mountedbetween said suspension member and a location on the lid behind its saidbearing axis a traction spring for biasing the lid to an openingposition.
 11. A wastebasket as claimed in claim 10, wherein the frontwall is slightly resiliently depressable from outside, and wherein thelid and the front wall have interengaging latching means for retainingthe lid in a closed position, which latching means are adapted to bedisengaged by depressing the front wall.